http://c8735514.edublogs.org Just another Edublogs.org weblog Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:06:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It appears that Blackboard has put a patent on their method/system and does not allow others to reproduce a system combining the applications they have without paying for it.  It is remarkable that this can be done.  Web2.0 applications are being created for individual applications all the time. I would have thought just ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/06/30/web-based-blackboard/ The educ4105 course has now been completed and I ask where can this site go from here? How could it benefit my students and myself as a teacher? I could post homework and other events that are coming up, like a noticeboard. Actual homework activities and math websites to visit could be ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/06/13/where-to-from-here/ Advantages: Most all students would be familiar with the excel program It is easy to use It can be up/downloaded easily Students can analysis large amounts of data quickly Disadvantages: Would be time consuming if some students were not familiar with the program and training was needed. Some students would find it easy to use while ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/06/06/excel-and-dynamic-geometry/ Webquests are computer lessons where students use the web to gain knowledge and complete tasks through utilising interactive websites Advantages Students are able to work through the webquest at their own pace There can be lessons of different length duration that can be carried over from lesson to lesson There should be enough scaffolding for students to ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/06/06/webquests-advantages-and-disadvantages/ What (if any) pedagogical benefits do you believe graphic calculators offer and why? Graphics calculators have the benefit of doing multiple graphs, manipulating tables of data and solving multiple equations all quickly.  This can save a lot of time for students who need these all done to gain understanding and an intuition about ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/week-12/ What (if any) pedagogical benifits do you believe the interactive whiteboard offers and why? Teaching mathematicics is involves communicating ideas and concepts. Some of these can be difficult with wordy explanations s or even blackboard diagrams. The interactive whiteboard can give understanding to ideas through easy manipulations on the whiteboard which would ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/05/20/week-11/ "Chords of a circle" This lesson would be suitable for the NSW syllabus for arc and chords and to see the relationship between chord lengths and angles. The benefit of using the Geometer’s sketchpad software in this lesson is that resizing of the circle, chords and angles are all done with the movement of ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/04/10/geometers-sketchpad-evaluation-chords-of-a-circle/ The English language contains terms of expression which on a simple surface level appear odd, however they make sense when the commonly accepted meaning is understood. Such an example is a river going “down” stream when it is flowing north which is generally thought of as going “up”. Similar examples ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/04/04/week-6-readings/ The webquest “Buying your First House” http://questgarden.com/45/79/1/070120175316/ is about performing calculations to determine cost of buying a home with various options such as with or without a deposit and includes budgets for running a household. This is one of a collection of webquests at http://webquest.org/search/index.php   Efficiency Expert :This project is short ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/04/04/webquest-evaluation/  Lee has some innovative ways of engaging students regarding language use in mathematics. He believes that talking is essential for a learning classroom. Classrooms need to be physically set up to enhance discussions so that students can see and hear one another to allow increased understanding of concepts. Teachers benefit ... http://c8735514.edublogs.org/2008/03/26/week-5-reading/